Stefania Casini

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1948-09-04 (76 years old)

Place of Birth Villa di Chiavenna, Italy

Stefania Casini

Biography

After graduating in Architecture, Stefania began a career in acting and worked with Pietro Germi, Bernardo Bertolucci, Peter Greenaway and Dario Argento. She moved to New York in the late 1970s, where she acted in Andy Warhol's 'Bad'. While in New York she decided to move behind the camera, and became a director. With Francesca Marciano, she wrote and directed the film "Lontano da dove", presented at the Venice Film Festival (1983). In 1997 she wrote and directed another feature film "Un Paradiso di Bugie". Her career as director also includes the making of six feature films for the Italian television network MEDIASET. A passionate traveler, Stefania has made a great number of documentaries and reportages for RAI and MEDIASET. She focuses her attention on contemporary topics concerning women and young people. She has made many hard-hitting series including: "Islam: stories of women"; "Latin America: stories of women"; "To be 20 years old in..." (broadcast in ten European Countries 2004-2005); "So close so far :portraits in the suburbs". "Schiaffo alla mafia"(A blow to the Mafia) Between 2000-2002 , Stefania was the Artistic Director of Siena's Film Festival "Terra di Siena". In 2010 she was Managing Director of DGTV IESTV. Currently, Stefania writes and directs programs, reportages and documentaries for RAI, and for satellite channels: RAI Sat Cinema World, Gambero Rosso Channel, and Sky. She also works as a journalist, contributing to several popular women's magazines.

Known For

Actor

2023
2022
The Goldsmith

as Giovanna

2019
Dafne

as Maria

2019
Diabolik sono io

as Bianca Rosselli

2014
Maicol Jecson

as Maria

1998
Enchantment

as Carla Ferrini

1987
The Belly of an Architect

as Flavia Speckler

1983
Lontano da dove

as Desideria

1982
Mora

as Christina

1980
Cocktail Molotov

as Anna-Maria

1979
Ammazzare il tempo

as Sara, la giornalista

1978
How to Lose a Wife and Find a Lover

as Marisa - Eleonora's friend

1978
The Bloodstained Shadow

as Sandra Sellani

1978
Bye Bye Monkey

as Feminist Actress

1977
Bad

as P.G.

1977
1977
Suspiria

as Sara

1976
1900

as Neve

1976
I prosseneti

as Odile

1976
Luna di miele in tre

as Graziella Luraghi

1975
1975
The Golden Mass

as Loulou

1975
The Climber

as Luciana

1974
1974
The Cousin

as Lisa Scuderi

1974
Emergency Squad

as Marta Hayworth

1973
1973
Nessuno deve sapere

as Maria Petrulli

1970
A Pocketful of Chestnuts

as Carla Lotito

1951
Sanremo Music Festival

as Self - Host

Director

2024
2012
Made in Albania

as Director

1988
Cuore in gola

as Director

1983
Lontano da dove

as Director

Writer

2014
Bota

as Co-Writer

1988
Cuore in gola

as Screenplay

1983
Lontano da dove

as Writer

Producer